by Carmen and Loren Seibold | 25 November 2019 | Dr. Tihomir Lazic. Newbold College “Truth as Koinonia: The Essential Role of the Church in God’s Self-Revelation” This paper suggests the Trinity as a way of modeling the discovery of truth in the church. While Adventists are proud of themselves for having such a dynamic […]
by Loren Seibold & Carmen Seibold | 24 November 2019 | The Adventist Society for Religious Studies has been in existence since 1979. For all of those years we’ve had jobs that kept us close to home: Loren was a parish pastor, and Carmen a nurse and then a chaplain. So attending this year, as […]
22 November 2019 | An article published today in Grand Forks Herald highlights the strong influence that Adventist researchers have on nutritional trends and beliefs. It questions whether Adventist religious bias in favor of vegetarianism should be disclosed alongside research that advocates for plant-based diets. A recent widely reported study led by Mayo Clinic clinician […]
News reports from New South Wales, Australia; Portland, Oregon; Friedensau Adventist University; the Ohio Conference; Bogenhofen Seminary and College View Church on the campus of Union College: From APD – According to the Adventist Record on November 11, there were 72 fires, 36 of them burning uncontrollably in New South Wales, the state in southeastern […]
From ADRA – 20 November 2019 | On Monday, November 11, the Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) donated 4,000 backpacks for primary to high school-aged children from the Bahamian islands of the Grand Bahama and Great Abaco, which are still reeling from the devastating aftermath of Hurricane Dorian. Each child, who has been in […]
From Loma Linda University Health – 19 November 2019 | In a first of its kind in the United States, cardiologists at Loma Linda University International Heart Institute have performed a pioneering coronary intervention with an Impella heart assist device and stent placement through single access from the axillary artery in the shoulder. The new […]
18 November 2019 | The Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) is collaborating with the North American Division (NAD) Office of Education to offer educational development assistance at schools in Southern Africa. Recently, ADRA accompanied ten NAD education leaders to evaluate and assess the needs of schools in Malawi. “ADRA wants to ensure that every […]
17 November 2019 | Daniel Houston Shafer, 77, the pastor of an Adventist supporting ministry who was accused last year of molesting a minor in Harrison County, West Virginia, has been acquitted. The Exponent Telegram reported that after a less-than-two-day trial, a Harrison County jury returned a not guilty verdict on Wednesday, November 13, for […]
14 November 2019 | A former student at a shuttered boarding school in West Virginia is alleging that he and other students were abused while enrolled there. The school was run by Seventh-day Adventist church members, but was not financed by, managed by, or formally affiliated with, the Seventh-day Adventist Church. D.B., an adult, filed […]
News reports from Southern Adventist University; Andrews University; California’s Central Valley; Keene, Texas, and Tulare, California: From a “green” Southern Adventist University Facebook update: In November of 1919, Southern Adventist University’s administration met and voted green as the official school color. That means this month marks 100 verdant years! Today, our campus celebrated by wearing […]
The annual meeting of the Association of Adventist Women (AAW) will provide live-streaming access to its workshop on “Domestic Abuse: What Can the Church Do?” on this coming Sabbath, November 16. The live access on the Web will be available from 9 am to 5:30 pm, Pacific Standard Time. Two links will be available to […]
13 November 2019 | Carl Wilkens, the former country director of ADRA Rwanda, was presented with an abarinzi b’Igihango (protectors of friendship pact) medal by the president of the country, Paul Kagame, on October 25, 2019. According to Rwandan news site KT Press, the award recognizes “persons who displayed outstanding acts of courage and humanity […]